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Hardcover Edition for Alyssa Milano's Hacktivist!
Alyssa Milano may be best known for frothy TV shows like Charmed and Mistresses, but her hit four-issue miniswries, Hacktivist, showcased a much different part of her creativity. Based on the premise, 'What if the founders of the largest social media network in the world were also hackers who used their skills and resources to help social causes around the world? Then what if the U.S. Government found out?' the miniseries is being collected in a hardcover edition that will be in comics shops on July 16th and in bookstores everywhere on July July 22nd.
For details – and social media info – follow the jump.
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June 23, 2014 – Los Angeles, CA – Coming this July, Archaia, an award-winning imprint of publisher BOOM! Studios, is excited to announce the HACKTIVIST hardcover, a collection of the hit four-issue miniseries created by actress, philanthropist, and entrepreneur Alyssa Milano (Mistresses, Project Runway All Stars). Written by the team of Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, penciled and inked by Marcus To (New Warriors, CYBORG 009), colored by the Eisner Award-nominated Ian Herring (JIM HENSON'S TALE OF SAND), and lettered by fellow Eisner Award nominee Deron Bennett (JIM HENSON'S TALE OF SAND), HACKTIVIST asks, What if the founders of the largest social media network in the world were also hackers who used their skills and resources to help social causes around the world? Then what if the U.S. Government found out?
Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and co-creator of Twitter and founder and CEO of Square, who inspired Milano to create the story, provides a Note to Readers in the book, which also contains an interview with real-life hacker and inventor Pablos Holman and commentary and early process work from the creative team.
"HACKTIVIST is such a great concept, and we're all thrilled that it was so well received when it came out as a miniseries," said BOOM! Studios Editor-in-Chief Matt Gagnon. "For those who may have missed out the first time, this hardcover edition is a beautiful collection of the entire series. And even if you're already familiar with the story, we've packed in a bunch of great additions and extras. The overall presentation is gorgeous, as everybody has come to expect from Archaia."
The world knows Ed Hiccox and Nate Graft as the young, brilliant co-founders of YourLife, a social networking company that has changed the way the world connects with each other. The world knows ".sve_Urs3lf" as the largest white-hat hacking group on the planet, exposing information and sparking revolutions across the globe. What the world doesn't know is that this is a lie. Ed Hiccox and Nate Graft are .sve_Urs3lf. When their operation is discovered by the US Government, and their company is taken over by military contracts and the CIA, Ed and Nate must face the real world beyond the code and choose between friendship and what they believe to be right.
The HACKTIVIST hardcover collection arrives from Archaia in comic shops on July 16th and bookstores on July 22nd with a cover price of $24.99 under Diamond Order Code MAY141168 and ISBN 978-1-60886-409-6. Not sure where to find your nearest comic retailer? Use comicshoplocator.com or findacomicshop.com to find one!
ABOUT BOOM! STUDIOS
Founded by Ross Richie in 2005, Diamond Gem Award-winning "Best Publisher" BOOM! Studios (boom-studios.com) generates a constellation of best-selling Eisner and Harvey Award-winning original and licensed comic books and graphic novels with the industry's top talent. BOOM! Studios is the home of Mike Carey's SUICIDE RISK, Clive Barker's NEXT TESTAMENT and HELLRAISER, Paul Jenkins and Humberto Ramos' FAIRY QUEST, PLANET OF THE APES, Max Bemis' POLARITY and Mark Waid's IRREDEEMABLE. Steven Grant's graphic novel 2 GUNS was recently released as a feature film from Universal Pictures, starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg. BOOM!'s all-ages imprint KaBOOM! publishes Charles Schulz' PEANUTS, Jim Davis' GARFIELD, Cartoon Network's ADVENTURE TIME and REGULAR SHOW, Mike Kunkel's HEROBEAR AND THE KID, and Roger Langridge's Eisner Award-winning SNARKED. In June 2013, BOOM! acquired Archaia Entertainment (archaia.com). Archaia is the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning graphic novel publisher of MOUSE GUARD, COW BOY, GUNNERKRIGG COURT, RUST, SPERA, JIM HENSON'S TALE OF SAND, and many other great titles. In October 2013, BOOM! Studios entered into a unique first-look relationship with 20th Century Fox, giving the studio access to its library of titles and giving the publisher access to Fox's vast catalog of films.
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This Alberta Foreign Ownership Declaration Form 1 is to be used by Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada when they purchase an interest in controlled land (i.e. land outside of municipal boundaries).
A foreign ownership declaration must be completed and filed by every beneficial owner of controlled land in the Province of Alberta. The form is in MS Word format and can be completed either by hand or on a computer and filed with the Foreign Ownership of Land Administration office.


Hellooo, everyone! I realise that it's been quite a while since my last post and I've been off the radar a tad, so apologies for that! I thought I'd get back into the swing of things and share my August (whaaaat, where is 2017 going?!) favourites with you!
This is absolutely BRILLIANT. I got it in one of Birchbox's special edition boxes so didn't pay the full price for it, but when I've finished it, I will definitely be buying it again (regardless of the cost) because it's SO worth it. It creates gorgeous, beachy, tousled hair that just lets you channel your inner Serena Van Der Woodsen and feel fab. My hair is like a limp lettuce normally but this actually gives me some serious volume! Totally obsessed with this stuff.
I realise £20 is a bit pricey, but for a high end brand like Too Faced, it's great value for the amount of product you actually get. Also, look how pretty! This acts like a veil and adds a healthy, luminous glow to your face whilst setting your makeup and creating a heavenly finish.
So I had the holiday blues after getting back from Vietnam and decided to treat myself with holiday change (Vietnam is SO cheap!) to this palette. The hype was major on social media and I was absolutely itching to get my hands on this product, so finally getting it home felt a bit like Christmas Day. I've loved playing around with the warm colours, especially the burnt oranges as they aren't usually the kinds of colours I'd go for, so it's been brilliant for experimenting and creating new looks! It's not as pigmented as Naked 1 or 3 (the other UD palettes in my collection), but it's still the same creamy formula and seems to be very buildable. I'll do a full review after I've had more of a play around!
Zoella's life is major goals, amirite? Her latest line of products, the Lifestyle Collection, is a permanent addition to her ever expanding empire and it's SUPER cute. I would LOVE to be able to design a line like this; she's got stationary, cushions, trinket trays, storage pots, the works! It's heavenly. I got the Looking Sharp ring holder (£12), the Wonderful Journal (£15) and a set of two jotters (£10). They were on 3-for-2 on Superdrug online so if you want to treat yourself, the time is now! The colours are all gorgeous muted pinks, greys and golds and I can definitely see myself popping back for more.
It's no secret that I'm rather obsessed with Spectrum Collections and will find ANY excuse to make a purchase, so naturally, I got this gorgeous, vegan make-up brush holder to store my brushes whilst on holiday – much to my boyfriend's dismay ("You've got loads of make-up bags!"). It stores up to 12 brushes and it's the stuff of mermaid dreams – I even used it as a clutch bag one day! Albeit with a little difficulty, but well worth it. It's ethically beautiful and a lovely, iridescent, pearly pink colour that is both fun and timeless. What's not to love?!
So there you have it! All the things I've been most loving this past month. I hope you enjoyed this post and that you've all had a top notch August! Click subscribe if you want to stay in touch with my posts and please let me know in the comments what products you've been most enjoying lately!
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Guides: Water
Last Updated: Thursday March 16 2006 12:49 GMT
What's a water shortage?
This happens when an area does not have enough water to meet the needs of the people who live there.
A shortage is caused by too much demand, or not enough supply.
Too much demand
When humans use more water than we used to, it can cause problems. These are the most common reasons for increased demand:
More people - The world's population is increasing, towns and cities are growing quickly in places where there is not a lot of water.
More farming - In many parts of the world there is not enough rain for crops to be grown without farmers watering, or irrigating them. If farmers start growing more crops they need a lot more water. It takes at least 2,000 litres of water to grow the food needed by one person for one day.
More money - When areas get richer, with more developed economies, the way that people live often changes. They tend to use a lot more water in their homes for things like dishwashers and lawn sprinklers. In developed countries there are also more factories using water. This is not a bad thing in itself, but it can be a problem if there is not a big enough supply of water.
Not enough supply
These are some reasons for an area having less water than it used to:
Not enough rain or drought - This is the most common problem. It happens when there is less rain than would normally be expected. It might be a short problem caused by a change in the weather, or it could be a longer problem caused by changes in an area's climate.
Changes to a river basin - For example if a river is dammed the areas below the dam might get a lot less water. If people living further up the river take a lot of water out, there is sometimes nothing left for people further down.
Wells run dry - In many parts of the world, humans rely on water from an underground source. Underground reservoirs, called aquifers, often take millions of years to fill up. If people remove the water faster than the aquifer can refill, it can cause wells to run dry.
Guide to Water
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Water shortage in the UK
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Bennelong had a Point
'Time flies', the proverb proclaims, and indeed it seems a year could not possibly have passed since the Sydney Opera House celebrated its 40th birthday and we commemorated the occasion with a blog post highlighting the landmark and the Museum's purchase of two very rare protest posters associated with Jørn Utzon's dismissal from its construction. Yet today, the iconic cultural centre yet again marks its birthday – this time with significantly less fanfare than last year's milestone warranted – and we, with unexpectedly impeccable timing, are again able to announce an exciting development to mark the occasion.
The Sydney Opera House pictured around the time of its 38th birthday in October 2011. Photo Dean Golja, National Museum of Australia.
The development that I boast of is the recent installation of a monumental artwork titled 'Bennelong had a Point' in the Bennelong Point exhibit of the Museum's Landmarks: People and Places across Australia gallery. Commissioned by the Museum in 2012, the striking sculpture was created by urban Indigenous Australian artist Black Douglas (a.k.a. Adam Hill) and Hugh Ramage. A Sydney-based painter, cartoonist, illustrator and keen advocate of social justice, Douglas engages directly through his work with the political conditions of Australia's contemporary Indigenous society, creating dialogues about colonisation and assimilation.
In 'Bennelong Had a Point', Douglas references Indigenous understandings of Bennelong Point – originally the home of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation – as a contested site symbolising Aboriginal dispossession. In the process, the peninsula's most famous modern resident – indeed the one its identity has become synonymous with – is unmistakably referenced and not spared reinterpretation. According to Douglas, the iconic Sydney Opera House personifies 'the very ethic of the British Colonial… The structure is 'white', it's large and bold … and it "juts out" as if the bow of a tall fleet ship'.
In the sculpture, the referenced sails of the Opera House loom over painted branches and a blue gum block that recall the bush that once covered the greater Sydney region, while the contour-like designs reference the ceremonial carvings (dendroglyphs) made on trees. The shelled box evokes shell middens and shellwork souvenirs sold by Aboriginal women at La Perouse, Botany Bay, in the 1880s. And the Aboriginal 'Neville and Nolene' figures, typical of those found in suburban gardens around the time the Opera House was completed, represent 'a form of token material sentimentality' that Douglas compares to the naming of Bennelong Point after an Aboriginal man who had actually spent a good part of his life elsewhere.
The man he of course refers to is Woollarawarre Bennelong, an Aboriginal man who served as an interlocutor between the colonists and the Eora. Having helped the newcomers learn his people's customs and language, in 1790 Bennelong asked Governor Arthur Phillip to build him a house on the peninsula, which at the time was known as 'Limeburner's Point'. In view of the assistance he had rendered, Phillip readily obliged Bennelong's request and the peninsula became known as Bennelong Point. Within two years, however, Bennelong left Sydney with Phillip for Britain and the house, which had become a gathering place for Aboriginal people, was demolished by settlers.
A physically imposing sculpture, 'Bennelong had a Point' makes for a powerful statement in the Bennelong Point exhibit and will undoubtedly capture visitors' attention – just as it did that of the Museum staff tasked with its installation. Involving the Museum's Conservation, Registration, Exhibitions and Curatorial sections, the move and positioning of the 2 meter wide, 160kg sculpture was an exercise in preparation and precision, as was the reinstallation of the 180kg mooring chain that had been de-installed in preparation for its arrival. Dating from 1795 and excavated from the banks of Bennelong Point, the chain includes a section of the sandstone landmass that the Opera House now inhabits and is on loan from the Australian National Maritime Museum.
A bright and multifaceted new jewel in the refreshed Bennelong Point exhibit, 'Bennelong had a Point' joins other Museum objects already on display, including a plaque presented by the Government of NSW to commemorate the official opening of the Sydney Opera House and a black and white photographic postcard of Circular Quay with artist's impression of the Sydney Opera House.
Feature Image: 'Bennelong had a Point' 2012 by Black Douglas (a.k.a. Adam Hill) and Hugh Ramage, National Museum of Australia. Photo by Sam Birch, National Museum of Australia.
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I broke my BAHA (Bone Anchored Hearing Aid) today. It has to go to the shop for repairs, so I will be BAHA free for a few days.
If you try talking to me and I don't respond, please forgive me. I'm not being rude. I just can't hear you.
Sorry. I hope the repairs are minor.
What about the other ear. I know, I have hearing aids in both ears and still don't hear much at all. I just answer ; 'yes or no', and get it about 50% right.
I only have one BAHA. I have some hearing in my right ear, so the insurance company will not cover the surgery for that one.


Artisan Plate Equestrian American Quarter Horse. Imported from Spain and designed for the 1:12 scale miniature setting. Made of decaled porcelain. This is for display only and cannot be washed. Measures 1in across.


On saturday the 8th of September we where back down under in the Brunnen70 basement. This time with a different lineup, different musical direction and in a bigger room. We prepared well for our showcase at the monthly "Wedding Present" underground festival, bringing 2 DJs, 3 Live-Acts, 2 VJs and a light installation.
The night started with a journey through uk bass, hip hop and house by James A. Shaw as playing under his moniker Borth Sea Defence (stay tuned for more, James OneBeat artist profile is coming up). He played a live dj set with "two turntables, a laptop running Traktor and Ableton, a Korg nanopad triggering hits and samples which are running from Ableton and a Korg Monotron Delay for a few oscillations". Enough said, listen to the recording of the Borth Sea Defence set below.
After James we had One Dub Connection finally performing again on a OneBeat showcase since Karneval der Kulturen in 2011. A blend of dub and drum'n'bass, followed by the electronica live-act Kyson, who brought plenty of gear and even had a drummer for percussion lined up, but who sadly got ill before the event. Lush, deep, and more upbeat then ever before he pleased us with a brilliant live performance.
Third live-act in a row was Wermonster, beatmaker deluxe who came straight from recording sessions in Wiesbaden. Nico has been a busy man lately. Last but not least, Alex from One Dub Connection performed a banging drum'n'bass set under his alias Trilingo… we must agree that drum'n'bass isn't something you hear often enough in Berlin these days, that was great for a change. For visuals we invited Robert Heel for a light installation (check out his work at www.robertheel.com) and RTZ23 and E (E-Gruppe Berlin) for vjing (E introduced us to some pretty straightforward projection mapping, thanks again for the help with the setup).
Thanks go out to all the helping hands and of course our artists for playing for OneBeat for free, thus helping us grow our project and network. We hope to see you next time!


Overhead shots are used sparingly during story sequences, usually as POV or establishing shots, but they're all over the place in fight scenes. They're used for effect rather than complimenting a narrative, sometimes just because the second unit was excited that they could get the camera up that high. You can argue that an overhead shot advances a narrative during a fight, but usually that's not the case. So when the movie kicks into "action scene" mode, the focus shifts from story narrative to effect, and audiences disassociate the story from the fighting. That's a bigger topic, but overhead shots stick out as prime examples of how neat "cinematic" things can take your audience out of a scene.


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Q: Find the plane containing line $\frac{x-3}{2} = \frac{y+2}{2} =\frac{z-1}{3}$ and also contains its projection on the plane $2x+3y-z=5$ I am not really able to understand the question. I didn't get the part 'contains the projection of the line on the plane....'
How can a plane contain the projection of a line on another plane? Wouldn't that just mean that required plane is coincident with $2x+3y-z=5$?
I know there is already such a question on MSE but I am not convinced with that answer.

A: The first vector you provide, $2i+2j+3k$, is the direction of the line $\frac{x-3}{2}=\frac{y+2}{2}=\frac{z-1}{3}$. Surely the plane containing the line should contain this.
The second vector is the "direction" of the plane $2x+3y-z=5$, which is perpendicular to it. And if you can draw a picture on the draft, you know that the plane we want should contain this, since the projected line, the original line, and the perpendicular vector $2i+3j-k$ should be on the same plane.

Finally you need the plane to contain $(3,-2,1)$ which is on the original line. One point and two different vectors is now sufficient to determine a plane--
$a(x-3)+b(y+2)+c(z-1)=0$ is what you want. Here $(a,b,c)\perp(2,2,3)$ and $(a,b,c)\perp(2,3,-1)$ as we discussed above. You can then either solve the equation directly or use outer product.

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NAFDAC arrests 8 suspects in Niger state for allegedly producing unhealthy ice cream and yoghurt
NBC slams N5m fine each on DSTV, BBC, others over terrorist documentaries
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 imposed a five million naira fine on MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, owners of DSTV and Trust TV.
NTA-Startimes Limited and TelcCom Satellite Limited (TSTV) were also fined five million naira each.
This was for broadcasting documentaries it said glorified the activities of bandits; while also undermining national security in Nigeria.
The sanctions were communicated in a statement issued by NBC Director-General, Balarabe Shehu Ilelah.
The NBC noted, "The National Broadcasting Commission, today, August 3, 2022, imposed a Five Million Naira (N5,000,000.00) sanction; each, on MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, owners of DSTV; TelCom Satellite Limited (TSTV); NTA- Startimes Limited; for the carriage of the documentary by the BBC AFRICA EYE titled, "BANDITS WARLORDS OF ZAMFARA.
"Trust-TV Network Limited was also fined Five Million Naira (N5,000,000.00) for its documentary titled: 'NIGERIA'S BANDITRY-THE INSIDE STORY'.
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Further, the NBC stated that while it appreciates the need of educating, informing; as well as enlightening the public on issues bordering on developments and happenings within and outside Nigeria; it advises broadcasters to be circumspect and deliberate in the choice and carriage of contents deleterious to Nigeria's national security.
"Consequently, the airing and carriage of these documentaries, contravened the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code, Sixth edition; especially, the underlisted Sections:
3.1.1: "No broadcast shall encourage or incite to crime. lead to public disorder or hate, be repugnant to public feelings or contain offensive reference to any person or organization, alive or dead or generally be disrespectful to human dignity";
3.12.2: "The broadcaster shall not transmit a programme that incites or likely to incite to violence among the populace, causing mass panic, political and social upheaval, security breach and general social disorder; and
3.11.2: "The Broadcaster shall ensure that law enforcement is upheld at all times in a manner depicting that law and order are socially superior to, or more desirable than crime or anarchy."
"The imposed penalties on these Broadcast Media platforms and Station is to be remitted not later than August 30, 2022. Failure to comply with this will lead to the imposition of a higher sanction as provided in the Code.
"Broadcasters are enjoined to be instruments of National unity and desist from falling into antics of using their platforms to promote and glamorize subversive elements and their activities.
"Please note that every Broadcast Station or platform is responsible for the Content it transmits or transmitted on its platform, and shall be held liable for any content in violation of the NBC."
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They're inexpensive, lightweight, and extremely effective –there's a reason that filters are the go-to accessory of choice for most professional landscape photographers.
They may not look like much, but the humble filter can make a real difference in the quality of your photos –helping you to capture images that would otherwise be impossible, or at least difficult to photograph. From polarizers –that can cut through glare and improve the saturation of your colors, to graduated neutral density (GND) filters –that can help to balance out the exposure in your images, and neutral density (ND) filters which can be used to capture silky, soft waves and waterfalls –there's no shortage of ways that you can use filters to enhance your images.
With this in mind let's take a quick look at polarizers as well as neutral density filters, and see why you'll want to make sure these little gems are part of your standard landscape photography kit.
While some people might feel that filters aren't needed today, due to tools in Lightroom and Photoshop that can simulate some of the effects of filters, the fact is that a number of filter effects can never be recreated in post processing. In other cases, filters can help you to capture images that can produce even better results in post processing, making them a valuable tool for any serious landscape photographer.
Here's a look at the different features of polarizers, neutral density (ND) filters, and graduated neutral density (GND) filters –and what they're used for.
Polarizers are one of the first filters that many landscape photographers invest in, and for good reason. These filters can improve the saturation of colors, resulting in vivid images. Polarizers can also reduce reflections and surface glare, and can also be used to deepen the blue of the sky, and make the clouds stand out more. These filters work by allowing certain light waves to enter the lens, while blocking out others. By turning a polarizer, you can adjust the level of reflections in an image, or deepen the blue of the sky. The effects of a polarizer are something that can't usually be recreated in post processing, particularly when it comes to reflections.
We've all seen those images with gently blurred water –or softly streaked clouds. Slow shutter speeds are required to blur the movement of water or clouds, and an ND filter helps to facilitate slower speeds. Because it works by reducing the amount of light that enters the lens, you can decrease the shutter speed and increase the exposure time without overexposing the image. As with polarizers, these blurred movement effects cannot be reproduced nearly as well in post-processing.
Graduated neutral density (GND) filters are extremely useful when it comes to photographing landscapes where the sky is much brighter than the foreground or background. These filters are designed with part of the filter dark, and part of it clear, with a gradual transition in the middle. By positioning the darker part over the much brighter sky, you can block out some of the light, properly exposing your entire image.
When using filters, it's a good idea to shoot in RAW, to give yourself the most flexibility in post processing –and since some filters will sometimes leave a slight color cast on your photograph, you'll want to be able to adjust the white balance in post processing.
Neutral density (ND) filters are ideal for situations where you'd like to use a slow shutter speed to blur the movement of water. To capture this movement, make sure you use a tripod to steady your camera, and a remote release –or the self-timer, to help prevent camera shake. Depending on the type of ND filter you have, you could leave your shutter open for seconds or even minutes at a time to create the effect that you're looking for.
A graduated neutral density (GND) filter is a great tool for balancing out light and dark areas in a scene, resulting in a composition that's properly exposed. While you could capture two different exposures and create a composite image in post processing later on, popping an ND filter on is an easier option, and will show you exactly what you're working with. These filters are especially ideal for the classic dark foreground, light sky –landscape compositions. Since they're graduated, you can position the clear section over the darker foreground or background of the image and the dark area over the sky to filter out some of that light. No more blown out highlights!
Remember how an ND filter can be used to create soft, blurred water? Well, it can have a similar effect on the entire landscape too! Since an ND filter reduces the amount of light hitting the sensor, it allows you to use a slow shutter speed to gently blur the movement of clouds, the ripples on the surface of the water, or even a field of wheat, gently rippling in the wind. Wherever there's movement, an ND filter can help you to capture it, and render it as a beautifully soft and dreamy landscape.
A polarizer is ideal for removing surface glare on leaves and rocks –and is especially good at helping to reduce reflections that are often found on these shiny surfaces after the rain. It's a vital tool for any photographer who enjoys nature photography.
Trying to capture a distant mountain that's partially obscured by a light haze? Putting a polarizer over your lens will help to cut through some of that haze, helping the mountain to stand out better.
One little-known use for polarizers is to enhance the colors of a rainbow. But be careful! Since polarizers can cut through haze, or water droplets in the air, they can also remove a rainbow altogether! Make sure you twist the filter to just the right point, to darken the background clouds and draw out the colors of the rainbow.
Looking for a deep blue sky? Polarizers can help to deepen the blues in the sky, resulting in a more vibrant image. They can also help to darken the clouds, drawing them out from the background, creating a dramatic sky.
Since a polarizing filter can be used to reduce reflections, they're especially useful if you're trying to see into the shallows. A polarizer will reduce the reflections on the surface of the water, allowing you to create images with partial reflections, or no reflections at all. Simply turn the polarizer until you're happy with the results.
So there you have it! Eight situations where you can use filters to create amazing landscape images! There's a reason that filters are loved by landscape photographers –they're a simple and inexpensive way to take your photography up a notch; helping you to capture some truly breathtaking landscape images.
Have you used filters in your landscape photography? Share your tips with us!


It's a long time since I wanted to suggest browsing this page at Carnegie Mellon University. Derek Hoiem presents an automatic photo pop-up method based on segmentation of vertical, horizontal and sky objects in an image. The result is a 3D model allowing one to navigate inside the image!
Back from China, it was a very short trip!
The network is too slow No pixels then! But good food, very good food.
Tomorrow I go back to Beijing for work.
Lots of pixels to be discovered there, those for work (image processing) and those my digital camera will capture (go to my Beijing gallery to get an idea about this…).
Talk to you from there!
A few days ago I have been talking about nano projectors. Trinn (he will open a blog soon, be ready…) just sent me a link to something you might have already seen. If not, look at this marvelous mid air video display from IO2 Technologies.
HDTV: is it worth it?
The question is: do we really need HD TVs?
Explay released its nano projector. Take a look at Gizmodo to find out what it is.
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1. Lunar eclipse, by NrthrnHrse. 8/28/07, E-300.
2. Blue Mountains Waterfall, by Dags. 9/7/07, E-1.
3. St. Leonards-on-Sea, England, by Vitek. Night of 7/9/07, E400.
4. Ionic Chill in Ursa Majour, by Garry Frankel. 9/8/07, E-510.
5. Aurora Borealis, by eppic. 8/28/07, E-500.
7. One Minute at City Hall, by matthew. 9/6/07, E-1.
8. Night Tree, by cosmonaut. 9/11/07, E-510.
9. blue - red doorway, by marcof. 9/8/07, E-400.
10. Illuminated Boab Trees, by shrinkpictures. 9/12/07, E-300.
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Before I had paper. Before I had pen.
I wrapped clouds around my finger. Cotton candy on a stick.
That's where the habit of me wetting the tip of a pen before I started writing originated.
The sky was my canvas. How I pulled words out of thin air.
My eraser? The wind can be so dramatic. Always a huffing and a puffing when I make mistakes.
But the sun was like a chandelier. It highlights everything great.
I never landed on the moon, but I have rode pass it on my bicycle.
I was caught between a rock and a hard place like E.T.
But when I saw trees covered in toilet paper I knew I made it home.
I put my foot in the door and left it there for an hour before I walked inside.
I see little yes in the hallway. Big yes in the kitchen. Yes men in the living room.
I know. I know. Some dads go to the store and never come back. But don't call it a comeback. I've been here for years.
It's just my mind that likes to disappear.
Darryan: Being a woman and owning it.
Every year, between my birthday in October and New Year's, I give myself what I call a "holiday period." For three months, I try not to judge myself quite as harshly as I might during the rest of the year. During my "holiday," I might have a drink or smoke a cigarette or sneak a bite of fish or stay out too late at a party, even though I know those actions aren't contributing to how I ultimately want to live my life. But by giving myself that "break," I've found it relieves some of the pressure I might feel during the rest of the year every time I turn down a drink, or don't order the fish, or leave a party early. So while I might not always be a perfect yogi, or a perfect vegan, or a perfect father, I try not to feel guilty or anxious about the slipups I have during my "holiday," or frankly, the slipups I have during the rest of the year too. I've learned that there's no value in an emotion like guilt. It's like empty carbs. They might seem to fill you up at the moment, but in the end they're going to slow you down.
Remember that from Do You? This concept has been on my mind for a while and I was going to build off this and write this huge post about taking a vacation from yourself, but you need a complete relocation. Move and don't come back. Not even to pay "Har-old" a visit. As I was brainstorming on how to expand on Russell Simmons' idea, I started thinking about snakes and how they shed their old skin for new skin to symbolize their continuous growth. Poetry was born. I wrote this for you. It mirrors your current predicament. I hope you like it. Call it Skin I'm In.
Lived rent free off your host, where was the tips?
Frank Bettger said, "To become enthusiastic-act enthusiastic. Force yourself to act enthusiastic, and you'll become enthusiastic." Fortunately, you don't have to force the act. Natural. Your enthusiasm is so contagious it affects those around you when you let it be an outward expression. Your enthusiasm works constantly within you. I want to see you get mad and pound your fist with excitement. This poem will help with that. This is another poem I ran across in Frank Bettger's How I Raised Myself From Failure To Success In Selling. Stanley Gettis repeated this poem almost every morning for twenty years. It helped him generate enthusiasm for the day. This poem was written by Herbert Kauffman and has a good title . . .
And prove the distance you can go . . . .
Another year we've just passed through.
Ah no, 'twas not the chance you lacked!
As usual-you failed to act!
P.S. L stands for loser. The Y is the letter champions resemble when they raise both their arms. Victory baby!
Exactly what is wrong with me.
Are things I haven't finished yet.
And let a lot of matters go.
But never finish what I'm at.


Keith Olbermann is a rabid anti-Trump basher who never, ever seems to shut his big mouth.
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According to the Gateway Pundit he cited the US Flag Code, one that prohibits wearing the flag as clothing, to mock Tomi's MAGA costume.
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He tweeted out a picture of Keith's new Trump bashing book and the humiliation was complete.


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Four previously unseen illustrations by Beatrix Potter have been discovered tucked away in some books in a National Trust property in Suffolk.
The delicate drawings depict scenes inside and outside Melford Hall, a Tudor mansion owned by relatives of Potter, whom she visited often between 1899 and 1938. Potter and her cousin Ethel Leech were very close, growing up together in Kensington. After Leech married Reverend Sir William Hyde Parker in 1890, Potter would stay with her at Melford Hall.
Two of the four unseen drawings were discovered by Josephine Waters, house manager at Melford Hall, during conservation work. "I was moving a bookcase together with a colleague, and whilst we were going through some of the books we discovered a drawing tucked inside, it was classic Potter style and we immediately knew it was one of hers," said Waters. When they showed the drawings to Richard Hyde Parker, the 12th baronet who lives in Melford Hall, he revealed that a third illustration had been found previously, but never attributed to Potter.
A fourth drawing, of a fireplace, was discovered just weeks ago by Hyde Parker's wife, Jean. They have allowed the National Trust to display the artworks to the public, during an exhibition celebrating Potter's connection to the property, beginning 13 July and running until October.
Melford Hall is home to a number of Potter artefacts: the toy Jemima Puddle-Duck, given to the Hyde Parker children and thought to have inspired the beloved children's story, is on display. Several signatures and doodles by Potter can also be found in the house's visitor books.
The discovery of the four unseen images comes after it was announced in January that an unpublished story by Potter, The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots, will be released in September 2016, with new illustrations by Quentin Blake. The tale, of "a well-behaved prime black Kitty cat, who leads rather a double life" according to Potter, was found in the V&A archives in London in 2014. The museum, which holds the largest collection of Potter material in the world, is also holding an exhibition of Potter's images, letters and sketches beginning in July and running until October.
The announcement of the discoveries comes just ahead of the author's 150th birthday, which falls on 28 July.


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by Simon Tait
The moment that Paul Delaroche allegedly pronounced that "From today painting is dead" on seeing a Daguerreotype for the first time, the debate about whether photography could be art or could even replace painting was underway, and still rages in some forums today.
Perhaps it will never be resolved, but Delaroche was a juste milieu painter whose struggle was to bridge the gap between academic history painting and Romantic narratives, a story painter whose most familiar piece to us is in the National Gallery, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (fig. 1). The photographer Tom Hunter has challenged this kind of narrative painting in the National Gallery itself, with attention to details of arrangement, colour and light that are just as acute.
Daguerre's invention was quickly superseded by William Fox Talbot's discoveries, and he even wrote a book about them entitled The Pencil of Nature. Delaroche's own experimentation was with a different kind of precursor of photographic pictures, panoramas, in which a narrative is read in a horizontally long painting and while Daguerre was watching the first shadowy images appear on his plates, Delaroche was making the 27 metre long Hemicycle (fig. 2), in which artists through history appear to be conversing across time, a good idea rather wasted on the subject.
The point of his remark would have been that the painter's striving to be mimetic of actuality in his art had been obviated by technology: he could never match the precision of a photograph in which light is the principal medium. In 1839 when he is supposed to have said it we were still 39 years from French Impressionism which Delaroche was never to see, and in his own time it was an Englishman, Turner, who was grasping the importance of light in art and its transformative effect on a subject. He tried painting on glass to get a further optimum of light, and some of his work in this period, such as Yacht approaching the Coast of 1835-40 (fig. 3), was almost abstract a century before the term had been invented.
Impressionism at the start was all about light, the name coming in a critic's satirical comment on Monet's Impression, Sunrise (fig. 4) at the first Impressionist show when the likes of Degas, Renoir, Pissarro and Morisot put on a joint show calling themselves the Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors and Engravers. This was the avant garde of 1874, and it is no accident that the likes of Degas not only took photographs themselves, but they used photographic angles to inject atmospheric realism.
Charles March's images are no less sensual than Monet's, being the impression of a scene rather than a copy of it. The obvious difference is that with March his paintbrush is a camera lens. His pictures here are unmistakably of trees, some not portraits but impressions while others go further than impressionism, using light and colour to create an aesthetic effect whose origins in natural objects or scenes are purely incidental. He sees them as images of the sense of the scene he encounters – and many of these images were made at Goodwood in West Sussex, his family's home for three centuries. He is interested in the feeling of a tree rather than the look of it.
The notion of abstract photography is not unheard of, and photographers have discovered that they can find the principles of abstract painting – that it is not a literal representation of anything, and that looks no further than form and colour to create the end product – in their own discipline. The possibilities of playing with light forms through a lens and with the effects of different papers and chemicals were clear in the earliest days of photography, and more recently more and more powerful lenses have transformed recognisable forms into abstracted images for picture makers, mostly from nature. Computers have added new tools that allow artists an even freer hand to create intriguing images that seem to bear no relation to actual forms, though they are intrinsically interpretations of actual shapes and curves. Charles March uses no tools, and although he tends to use a digital camera his work does not depend on digital equipment to create the outcomes we see here.
March's previous successful career as a commercial photographer, working on large formats with still life, is detailed elsewhere in this publication by the exhibition's curator Edward Lucie-Smith, but it was a career that ended abruptly almost 20 years ago when he took charge of Goodwood and he has seldom taken pictures seriously since, until now. As he walked the South Downs with a Leica digital camera hanging from his shoulder a trick of light and colour would call for a picture, and he found that if he moved the camera during exposure he captured more than a single image, he caught something of the inscape of an especial rural scene.
Similar effects could be got with a normal non-digital film camera with long exposures, but with less certain results. The images are what is seen by the lens rather than manipulated through computer programs, but he sometimes overlays images of the same scene to enhance the effects of light, clarity and colour. As a former photographer specialising in ultra high production value still life and trompe l'oeil special effects, a technique which he made his own, March was almost obsessive about the quality of the final presentation, and that remains but it is now more about a feeling and an expression rather than the exact and precise rendition of perfect detail. What he has found, however, is that whereas conventional large format images could become impossibly distorted when enlarged, his new blurred images are enhanced in quality when blown up, and these pictures are mostly about four feet by five feet. The colour is not changed and the images are rarely cropped, giving another quality of genuineness.
The possibilities might be infinite, but March sees the technique being tested next on both architecture, with its high manmade art, and on landscapes both in very different ways giving him the armature on which to build his ethereal colour and light pictures.
Charles March is not alone among artists discovering the new possibilities of photography offered by new technologies. David Hockney, in particular, has always toyed with the properties of photography in creating his images, from Polaroid to iPad, and he has found new and largely unexpected images emerging. The discovery that is exciting March is that his images are not only abstracted from natural forms in the countryside, when seen in isolation they can even be abstract, light, colour and nonfigurative forms inviting the viewer's own contribution to its reality. In some you can even believe you see brush strokes, and the idea of an abstract photograph becomes very credible, painting in light to a degree Turner could not have dreamed of.
Fig 1: Paul Delaroche, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (National Gallery).
Fig 2: Paul Delaroche, Hemicycle, 1841 (Ecole des Beaux Arts).
Fig 3: Joseph Mallord William Turner, Yacht approaching the Coast, 1835-40.
Fig 4: Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise, 1872
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package com.ljz.androidbasedemo.http.view;

import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.SystemClock;
import android.text.format.Formatter;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.ljz.base.common.logutils.LogUtils;
import com.ljz.base.common.thread.OverloadPolicy;
import com.ljz.base.common.thread.SchedulePolicy;
import com.ljz.base.common.thread.SmartExecutor;
import com.ljz.base.common.utils.HandlerUtil;
import com.ljz.base.frame.activity.impl.BaseMvpActivity;
import com.ljz.base.frame.presenter.factory.RequiresPresenter;
import com.ljz.androidbasedemo.R;
import com.ljz.androidbasedemo.http.contract.UploadContract;
import com.ljz.androidbasedemo.http.presenter.UploadPresenter;
import com.ljz.androidbasedemo.view.NumberProgressBar;

import butterknife.Bind;
import butterknife.OnClick;

/**
 * 作者: lujianzhao
 * 创建时间: 2016/06/20 16:22
 * 描述:
 */
@RequiresPresenter(UploadPresenter.class)
public class UploadActivity extends BaseMvpActivity<UploadContract.Presenter>implements UploadContract.View{

    @Bind(R.id.formUpload)
    Button btnFormUpload;

    @Bind(R.id.downloadSize)
    TextView tvDownloadSize;

    @Bind(R.id.tvProgress)
    TextView tvProgress;

    @Bind(R.id.netSpeed)
    TextView tvNetSpeed;

    @Bind(R.id.pbProgress)
    NumberProgressBar pbProgress;

    @Bind(R.id.images)
    TextView tvImages;

    protected SmartExecutor mainExecutor;

    private static boolean flag = true;

    @Override
    protected int getContentViewId() {
        return R.layout.activity_upload;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onInitView(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        //        initSmartExecutor();
//
//        if (flag) {
//            flag = false;
//            ro();
//        }
    }

    public void ro() {
        mainExecutor.submit(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                SystemClock.sleep(1000);

                HandlerUtil.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
                    }
                });

                SystemClock.sleep(1000);

                HandlerUtil.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
                    }
                });
            }
        });
    }

    private void initSmartExecutor() {
        if (mainExecutor == null) {
            // set this temporary parameter, just for test
            // 智能并发调度控制器:设置[最大并发数],和[等待队列]大小仅供测试,具体根据实际场景设置。
            mainExecutor = SmartExecutor.getInstance();

            // 打开调试和日志,发布时建议关闭。
            mainExecutor.setDebug(true);

            // number of concurrent threads at the same time, recommended core size is CPU count
            mainExecutor.setCoreSize(2);

            // adjust maximum number of waiting queue size by yourself or based on phone performance
            mainExecutor.setQueueSize(100);

            // 任务数量超出[最大并发数]后,自动进入[等待队列],等待当前执行任务完成后按策略进入执行状态:后进先执行。
            mainExecutor.setSchedulePolicy(SchedulePolicy.LastInFirstRun);

            // 后续添加新任务数量超出[等待队列]大小时,执行过载策略:抛弃队列内最旧任务。
            mainExecutor.setOverloadPolicy(OverloadPolicy.DiscardOldTaskInQueue);

            //GoUtil.showTips(activity, "LiteGo", "Let It Go!");
        }
    }

    @OnClick(R.id.selectImage)
    public void selectImage(View view) {
        getPresenter().selectImage();

    }

    @OnClick(R.id.formUpload)
    public void formUpload(View view) {
        getPresenter().formUpload();
    }

    @Override
    public void showLoadingView() {

    }

    @Override
    public void showEmptyView() {

    }

    @Override
    public void showErrorView() {

    }

    @Override
    public void showContentView() {

    }

    @Override
    public void selectImageResult(String imgs) {
        tvImages.setText(imgs);
    }

    @Override
    public void upProgress(long currentSize, long totalSize) {
        String downloadLength = Formatter.formatFileSize(getApplicationContext(), currentSize);
        String totalLength = Formatter.formatFileSize(getApplicationContext(), totalSize);
        tvDownloadSize.setText(downloadLength + "/" + totalLength);
        tvProgress.setText(( currentSize *1.0F  / totalSize )*100.0F + "%");
        LogUtils.d(( currentSize *1.0F / totalSize )*100.0F+"");
        pbProgress.setMax(100);
        pbProgress.setProgress((int) (( currentSize  / totalSize )*100.0F));
    }
}

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Memo to the NHL: Don't Screw This Up
I'll be the first to tell you that I wasn't always the biggest Hockey fan. I will also tell you that one reason for that is because I grew up in Southern California. Not really a place to grow up on Hockey, when you have the Lakers, Dodgers, Angels and at one time two NFL teams.
Another reason is the fact that my father had grown out of it. He grew up on all four major sports in so cal. He is my biggest example of what a lockout/strike whatever you may call can do to a sports fan. 1992 and 1994 is when it started for him in the NHL. In both of those seasons the NHL had labor issues, but they didn't compare to the cancellation of the entire 2004-05 season. By then, my father had already said sayonora to the sport.
Now he was never a die hard fan. He grew up in the neighborhood of the Great Western Forum. The former home of the Lakers and Kings. He's seen all those great players of the 60s & 70s. It just struck a cord with him seeing the way billionaire owners would argue with millionaire players. You lose interest very quickly. It becomes a business and not just a game.
Just a week earlier before the Gold Medal game, the United States had beaten Canada 4-2. In what many considered a tremendous upset, but in no way a 1980 Lake Placid type upset. It was the first time the USA had beaten Canada in the Olympics since 1960. Fifty years is a long time folks. Now with Canada losing to the US, it didn't mean the end of the road for them. They just had to win the next three games to play for the gold. They did and what do you know, they had to face the US in a rematch.
The NHL had first allowed its players to participate in the Olympics in 1998 at Nagano, Japan. The US placed 6th and Canada placed 4th. No medals for them. Since then NHL players have been participating in the Winter Olympics without a lot of fanfare. The 2002 games at Salt Lake City, Utah matched the two countries for the gold medal which resulted in a 5-2 victory for the Canadians. Not a lot of excitement, except for Canada.
However this years Olympics were held in Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada was the host country and felt the Gold was there's by right. Very wrong to believe that. In 2002, the US was already recovering from the terrorist attacks of 9-11 and I don't remember thinking that we should be given anything. All the athletes representing the US that year earned their medals and never once believed they had a right to them. The Hockey team that year didn't have the best players, but knew if they played their best, the fans would reward them with their support.
That helped the anti-Canada sentiment this year. Everyone touting them as the winners when the games didn't even start. The US by most weren't given a chance to even medal. They proved to everyone that they can play with the best team ever assembled and beat them. It became clear that there are some pretty damn good players born in the US and that it could only help the NHL that they participate in the Olympics from here on out.
I understand the point of seeing youngsters get the opportunity to play because most won't make it in the NHL. To that point, that's why they have the World Junior Championships. So that problem is solved. I also get that owners have trouble shutting down their season for two weeks. It's a burden on traveling, scheduling plus your players possibly getting hurt. I get that. To the point, that's why the Olympics are only two weeks and come around every four years. If your player gets hurt in the first game back from the Olympics are you gonna blame the games? Injuries are inevitable. To answer traveling and scheduling. Get over it. You're rich. Don't cry to me.
These games are proof to me that they need to keep it going the way it is. It only helps the NHL more than it hurts it. The NHL is doing a great thing with the Winter Classic on New Year's Day. This will make your sport grow exponentially. Seeing most of these players on the world stage no less will bring more attention to the last month and a half of the regular season and without a doubt the Stanley Cup Playoffs. How could you look at that in a negative light?
I watched the Gold Medal game with my father in its entirety. From the first drop of the puck to the last shot. He was truly happy to see Hockey again, I just knew it. And on the biggest stage no less. Other than a Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals, this was the biggest game you could see in the sport. USA and Canada, both rivals, playing for the Gold Medal. My quote to him during the game was this:
"I got you watching the Lakers again, and after this game I'll get you back watching Hockey again."
He still says he'll never watch. But if this does get him back to watching Hockey again, who's to say it won't get the novice to tune in for a taste.
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Seasonal crafting is one of my favorite pastimes. I love collecting things I find in nature on my hikes and including them in arts and crafts. I always keep an eye out for beautiful things to pick up when I'm out in nature. Fall is one of the best times for that. With all of the colorful falling leaves and the abundance of acorns and pinecones to collect, you can grown quite the collection quickly for crafting. However, if you are going to use something from nature in your crafts, which I highly recommend, you absolutely need to preserve it. I already wrote about how you can preserve Fall leaves here, but pinecones and acorns need to be baked if you are going to bring them into your house. This prevents mold from growing and kills any unwanted guests that might be hiding inside. Below I'll explain the process for preserving acorns for crafting, which can also be applied to pinecones.
First of all, collect some acorns! Make sure you aren't picking up acorns with cracks or holes, these aren't good for crafting and holes in an acorn are a sign of bugs! Also be sure not to pick up green acorns, those aren't ripe yet and are more likely to mold because they carry more moisture in them. You can collect just acorn caps, there are some great crafts out there for them!
Now that you've collected your fair share of acorns, it is time to clean and rinse them! Put all of your acorns in a colander and rinse them under lukewarm water. After you've rinsed all of the dirt off of your acorns, place them in a bowl filled with water and let them soak for an hour to remove any remaining dirt.
Pro-Tip: If you do not bake your acorns soon after collecting them, you risk the possibility of worms hatching. Don't risk it!
Now that you've soaked your acorns, it is time to dry them. Remove your acorns from the water and place them on a towel and allow them to dry for an hour or so.
Preheat the oven to 175 degrees. Arrange the acorns on a cookie sheet and place in the oven.
Turn your acorns every 30 minutes and bake until they turn a deep brown, about 2 hours.
Remove acorns from the oven and allow them to cool completely before using them. Once they are cool, go ahead and start crafting!
Preheat oven to 200 degrees and place pinecones on a cookie sheet.
Allow a day to cool before crafting!
Examples of crafts with Acorns and Pinecones!
The most characteristic part of Fall for me is the changing of the leaves! The falling leaves are the embodiment of Autumn. So, for my first craft, I thought the perfect project would be to show everyone how to preserve the beautiful colors and shapes of the leaves, and display them in your home. For this project we'll collect leaves and make a unique wall art display for your home!
Get outside and collect some leaves! Pick ones that have vibrant colors and that aren't dried out yet. Collect as many that catch your eye as you can, since you'll need a lot for this project (at least 30 decent sized leaves).
If your leaves are wet from rain or dew, sandwich them between paper towels to dry them off for about an hour.
Once you have enough dry leaves, place them in between two sheets of wax paper. Place paper towels on either side of the wax paper to protect your iron and your surface from the melting wax. Coating your leaves in wax and heating them lightly with an iron helps eliminate moisture in the leaf and seal in the color.
Set your iron to the satin setting and delicately iron the leaves till they have a thin coating of wax on both sides.
Remove the leaves from in between the wax paper. Let cool for 30 minutes.
Now that you have sealed your leaves in wax, it's time to coat them in Mod Podge!
Brush the top side of your leaves with one coat of Mod Podge, don't worry if it looks like your glue isn't adhering, its just having trouble sticking to the wax, but its still doing its job.
Example of the first coat of Mod Podge.
Once the top sides of your leaves are dry, flip, and repeat with the backsides of your leaves. This layer of Mod Podge will keep the leaves from deteriorating.
Pro-Tip: If you want your leaves extra flat, press them in between some heavy books for a few hours after following all the above steps. You can add a full tea kettle on top for some extra weight!
Your leaves should look like this when your all done!
Purchase canvases at your local art supplier Micheals. Choose sizes that go well together and remember to always find the best deals. I happen to prefer Micheals as I can use coupons. Try to go when they are having a sale.
Once you have purchased your canvases, pick a base color to paint them! It can be anything you want, I chose brown to match my existing decor and to bring out the colors in the leaves. However, you can pick a statement color like teal or yellow!
After deciding on a base color, paint your canvasses. It may take a few coats as my canvases took 3 coats to get the deep brown I was looking for.
Now that your canvases are painted and your leaves are prepped, its time to put them together.
Plan out your pattern with your leaves before you start gluing. When you've found a design you like, paint the backs of your leaves with Mod Podge and glue them down to your canvases. Allow them to dry for an hour or two. If your leaves aren't flat against the surface, wait for the the Mod Podge to dry, lay down something plastic like Ziploc bags or saran wrap, and then place some heavy books on top.
Once the leaves have glued to your canvases, paint an even layer of Mod Podge over the entire surface, even the sides. This will give everything a nice finished look and keep the leaves pressed down.
Don't worry if your leaves hang off the edge, you can trim off the excess when everything is dry.
You can even add extra layers of Mod Podge if you feel like you need to, just allow them to fully dry before adding the next layer.
Pro-Tip: If you want to get extra fancy and make your project really last you can add a layer of Acrylic Paint Sealer over the whole project. Be sure your entire work surface is covered (I use empty trash bags as work mats) and that you ventilate the area after using the spray.
Once your Mod Podge is dry you can hang your new art work and admire it all season long!


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Legislature, Executive Must Upkeep Democratic Ideals: CJI
Publish Date: Nov 26 2022 10:05PM
Updated Date: Nov 26 2022 10:05PM
The practice of democratic ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity must be enabled by legislature and the executive besides the courts sustaining these values by "foregrounding" them in judicial decisions, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said on Saturday.
Speaking at the day-long Constitution Day celebrations at the Supreme Court which was attended by President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi besides other dignitaries, the CJI, in his morning address, said the technology must be augmented with institutional reforms to resolve issues of access to justice.
Stressing the need to simplify the litigation process to make it "citizen centric", he also said the judiciary has been adopting technology to improve the working of courts and it is of "supreme importance" that courts are remodelled to reach out to citizens instead of them reaching out to courts in their quest for justice.
Later in the day, the CJI said the people of India, in their interactions with one another, must breathe life into the Constitution by practising the democratic ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity.
"The courts of the country must sustain this practice by foregrounding these same values in their judicial decisions, and the legislature and executive must enable the practice of liberty, equality, and fraternity," he said.
Welcoming the President, the CJI said her evolution on the path of life held a "beacon of hope for every young Indian, men and women".
He also listed out the achievements and future projects of the judiciary in its endeavour to practice ideals of "liberty, equality, and fraternity".
Justice Chandrachud said soon, the Supreme Court will conduct an audit of its premises to review and ensure its accessibility to persons with disabilities.
"When I stand before you exactly one year from now, I hope that I can list out a new set of ventures that make justice more accessible to the common citizen."
Through its programs, the Supreme Court has attempted to apply these ideals as well, he said, adding that the top court was in the process of extending the establishment of vulnerable witness deposition centres to courts across jurisdictions and enabling paperless courts.
He said recently an online RTI portal to streamline processes of transparency was started in the Supreme Court.
"'E-seva kendras' are being set up in every district so that every citizen may deploy technology to ease their journey through the legal system and the National Judicial Data Grid is a giant step towards making the legal profession more accessible," he said.
The CJI also said it is important that representation of marginalized communities and women in the legal profession and judiciary is increased.
Justice Chandrachud spoke about the e-initiatives -- virtual justice clock, justIS mobile app 2.0, digital court and s3WaaS websites of district courts -- that were launched by Modi during the function.
In a nation as large and diverse as India, the "paramount challenge" the judiciary faces as an institution is to ensure that the justice delivery system is accessible to everyone, he said.
"We have been adopting technology to improve the working of courts. It is of supreme importance and necessity that courts are remodelled to reach out to people instead of people reaching out to courts in their quest for justice," the CJI said.
"To ensure that courts reach out to people, it is essential that the process of litigation is simplified and made citizen centric," he said.
Justice Chandrachud said though the judiciary's engagement with technology gained prevalence during the COVID-19 pandemic, "we must not dismantle the infrastructure but build upon it".
"I will earnestly request the chief justices of high courts to ensure that the technological infrastructure, on which public funds have been spent, is not dismantled but strengthened further," he said.
Justice Chandrachud said as the CJI, he is attempting to adopt technology based services in listing of cases and court hearings "so that institutional flaws such as delays in listing and hearing can be removed from our vocabulary".
"While technology has ably aided us in ensuring functionality of the judiciary during the pandemic, technology must be augmented with institutional reforms to resolve the chief issue of access to justice," he said.
The CJI said the first interface of people with the judicial system is the district judiciary and it is of paramount importance that it is strengthened and supported. "The district judiciary must be lifted from the mindset of being a subordinate judiciary," he said.
Giving details of the e-initiatives launched by the prime minister, Justice Chandrachud said these initiatives reflect upon the commitment of the judiciary towards providing access to justice.
"Our endeavour is to enhance access to justice. This must not be understood in terms of enriching the experience of those who are already in possession of access but by reaching out to those groups and communities that are denied basic rights," he said.
The CJI said the Supreme Court now functions in a hybrid mode which enables lawyers and parties in person to appear from different parts of the country.
"Though the Supreme Court is located on Tilak Marg, the Supreme Court is a Supreme Court for the entire nation," he said.
He said the colonial and pre-colonial courts followed an approach of reluctance, disinclination and inaction in protecting the rights of citizens.
"All judges across courts in India, ranging from district courts to the Supreme Court must reflect upon the constitutional vision of securing justice, equality and liberty," he said.
"There is a need for us to introspect on our actions and decisions and to question our own prejudices and preconceptions. For, until we open our minds to multiple views of persons with varied lived experiences, we would be lacking in our roles as judges," the CJI said.
He said an institution thrives with time only when it functions democratically and he believes that as the CJI, it is his responsibility to collaborate and consult judges at the apex court, judges of high courts, members of the district judiciary and stakeholders of the institution.
"It is crucial that we tap the experience of the diverse sections of people who are part of the judiciary," he said, adding, "That is why it is all the more important that the representation of marginalised communities and women in the legal profession and judiciary is enhanced."
On the e-initiatives, the CJI said the virtual justice clock is a platform where information available through the National Judicial Data Grid is made available to the public.
The justIS mobile app 2.0 is developed for judges of district courts and it is provided to judicial officers to monitor pendency and disposal of his or her court at the handset 24X7, he said.
Justice Chandrachud said digital court is a green initiative of the Indian judiciary to make courts paperless or digital.
He said through the digital court and s3WaaS initiatives, the websites of district courts are being upgraded to a platform which is secure, scalable and accessible.
Besides the CJI, the president, the prime minister, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, a few SC judges, the attorney general and SCBA president Vikas Singh also spoke on the occasion.
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Sufficient-Quail-714 3 points4 points5 points 7 months ago
If by region you meant the Rockies then there is some truth in that. But having lived all over the US, the Deep South is much, much worse. The Rockies is only so bad as it is conservative. But culturally they tend to leave you alone. Deep South they chase you down and the population of conservatives is much higher with a hefty dose of religion.
But while the region is conservative, it's not THAT conservative compared to many other places in the US. Hence why I brought up Whitefish. It's a liberal town (or liberal for the area) nationally people think is some conservative cesspool because of media and their limited experiences with it when it's not.
ornryactor 7 points8 points9 points 7 months ago
No, by "region" I meant "CDA and the area within like 45 minutes around it".
The Mountain West is definitely not seen as blanket conservative the way the South is. Colorado and New Mexico are known for being much more liberal than anything else, Arizona is known for being politically mixed with significant populations of center-left and far-right (which has been spotlighted since 2020), and I think people are slowly realizing that Idaho and Montana are kind of the same way. Wyoming and Utah are the only states viewed as unquestionably conservative, but people also have a vague understanding that Utah is somehow different than most of the typical conservative areas of the country.
None of those distinctions are true in the South. It's all conservative, most of it deeply so. The end.
I lived in the South too (though North Carolina, so it was the "Shallow South"). Yes, people put their religion in your face a lot more willingly down there, but they're also not generally plotting or committing domestic terrorism-- which is WAY more common in northern Idaho (and northern Michigan, which is my state) than it is anywhere in the South.
merkinsplash 3 points4 points5 points 7 months ago
Interesting, thanks for this.
People who move states as a political shitfit should take notice, the cultural differences between regions are deeper than red-or-blue, so make sure you'll actually like the people where you wind up. Getting away from the other side might not be what you expected, you might miss things about your roots that run deeper than politics. My brother did this, fled from California to a town in Arizona and didn't like what he found.
lunarmantra 2 points3 points4 points 7 months ago
My sister did this. Born and raised in California. Her and her husband were convinced by right wing media that California is a shithole and living here is the worst. They sold their beautiful home in a prime area of the state, and moved into a trailer home in bumfuck South Dakota without having visited or knowing anyone there. She's in the denial stage right now, and says how "nice" SD is, but already having panic attacks over the phone with family members back home.
ziltchy 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
She might be missing California, but south Dakota is a very nice state. The black Hills region and the Badlands are incredible.
Why would they move to a trailer park in South Dakota after owning a home in California? Surely they could afford a nicer place. That might also explain some unhappiness
ornryactor 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
That seems like a pretty extreme move. How did they choose South Dakota, and what made them decide to make that specific move without ever visiting?
And I too am wondering why they moved into a trailer if they had "sold a beautiful home in California" money.
Exodus100 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
It was my impression that there are some very black parts of Mississippi and presumably nearby states that generally lean liberal. Is this not true?
ornryactor 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
It is true. As is the case pretty much everywhere else in there US and North America (and maybe the world, but I'm not informed enough to say that for sure), urban areas tend to be more liberal, rural areas tend to be more conservative, and suburban areas tend to be a mix.
In the US, racial/ethnic minorities generally tend to vote for Democrats (which is not the same thing as "being liberal") but that's a complex topic with a lot of variables and factors. That said, yes, Black populations typically do vote for Democrats.
Both of those mean that individual districts in a state elect some Democrats/liberals, but the majority of elected officials are Republicans/conservatives. And the Democrats who manage to get elected in states like that are frequently much more conservative than the Democrats elected from states that have a majority of liberal voters. (The opposite could be said of Republicans that get elected in liberal states, but there aren't as many examples of that.)
It's also important to remember that many states are incredibly gerrymandered. In the South, that almost always results in liberal cities being divided among multiple districts so that they cannot elect a Democrat, or being packed together so that they can only elect one Democrat with a 90% margin of victory instead of having a solid chance at electing three Democrats.
Just to be clear, my previous comment was talking about the external sociopolitical reputation of entire states as a whole, not the makeup within a state that I've addressed in this comment (since you asked about it).


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